Hat holder



W. SANDS- HAT HOLDER.

APPLICATION min DEC. 22. I920. RENEEED nzc. 9,1921.

Pawnted June 20, 1922.

iim W flYHIS JITORNEY WALTER SANDS, OF MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA.

HAT HOLDER.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented June 20. 1922.

Application filed December 22, 1920. Serial No. 432,592. Renewed December 9. 1921. Serial Ito. 521,248.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l. \VAIIIER Sasus. a

citizen of the United States. residing at Minneapolis. in the county of llennepin and State of Minnesota. have invented a new and useful llat llolder. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for holding hats when they are not in use. The objects are. first. to provide a hat holder that will not crush or mar the normal form or shape of the hat it holds; second to provide a hat holder which may readily be secured up under tlle ordinary top of an automobile with or without the use of tools, screws or nails. and may be readily secured to the back rest or under the. seat of chairs and benches used in churches. theatres and public hulls or to other structures.

in the accompanying drawings- Fig. l is a transverse section of the top of an automobile. hack or-other similar ve hicle equipped with one of my improved but holders. Fig. 2 is a top view of the device and a portion of the how -it is fastened to in Fig. 1. and a hat in dotted outline. Fig. 3 is a crossscction on line 3-3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross section on line 4-4 in Fi 2. Fig. 5 is an inverted view of' Fig. 2. big. 6 is a left hand end view of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a modification of Fig. 5.

Fig} ti is a portion of Fig. 7 fnrther moditied. Fig. 9 is a still further modification of certain parts of the device.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals. 10 designates the usual canvas top or other flexible top stretched over hows 11 of the roof or top of an automobile, back or bus. in such vehicles space is often so ,limited that in warm weather; when it is 1 e irable to remove the hats from the head.

eii'pt up under the top of the vehicle; my (lav tee. is therefore especially designed to go 1h said place and to be fastened to the bow 11. preferably without screw, nails or bolts. so it may be readily detached. moved and attached wherever there. is best rootn for it.

\Vith said end in view tlitfifitleviee consists of a metal plate 12 having its ends hook shaped at 13 (see Fig. 3). This plate is inserted between the coverings l0 and the how 11 upon which it rests. and in its hooks it supports the longer bars l4 formi is no convenient place to put them.

.har of the yoke maybe plain. as 15. while the other end bar. 15. IS a' continuation of 'ing a part of a wire yoke 14, 15, whose one of the bars H and is. cold-shut at 16 about the end of the other liar H as at 16 and thereafter forms a hook or guard 17, (see Fig. (3). This guard 17 serves to engage and hohl or aid in the support of the projecting finger 18 of an approximately circular yoke or hat support 19, which is oll'set downwardly at 21 and 22 and is formed with two arms 20. the ends of which may be secured to the yoke or frame l-l--15 in various manners. and are spring held upward against the how [1 or other support in different manners.

Thus in Figs. 2. 4 and a sheet metal yoke 23 is closed about the bars1-t of the frame yoke and the ends of the arms 20 are held tightly in said sheet or band metal yoke: and each arm 20 is made extra resilient by having a spiral-shaped portion 20.

in Fig. 7 the arms 20 have no springs but their ends are bent angular-1y into apertures :H of the yoke 23 to which'they are thul pivotally connected because they are constantly subject to upward pressure b arms 2.) of two springs 26. which may be ormed at opposite ends of a wire having at its middle a loop 27. secured h rivets or like means 28 to the sheet meta yoke 23.

In Fig. H the structure is the same as in Fig. 7 except the arms 20 extend beyond the yoke 23 and are formed with eyes 29 pivotally embracing the short bar 15 of the frame yoke.

in Fig. 9. 11' designates any object or structure to which the device may be secured by screws 30 through yoke 01" plate 23. the frame 1-? '15 being di'spensed with. hi this view is also shown that the type of springs 26 and loop IF-ma be forme directly at th ends of arms 0, and also th t the arnu- 20 may carry two rings 19 by which to hold two hats in one device if so desired.

In the use of the device after it is secure in place as already explained, the yokel9 is taken hold of and swung sufficiently a.way from the frame 14-15 or the stationary object 11 or 11 to admit the hat to slip into the yokeor rin 1%), likethe hat 31 in Fig. 1. whereupon the yoke is allowed to rise and hold the hat with its brim supported on and held by the ring 19 against. the

object supporting the device. It will be noted that the edges 31 of the brim and the crown of the hat contact with nothing and can thus not be deformed by the device. If the hat is very heavy and the automobile moves fast over a rough road it will be well to let the projecting finger 18 be enpaged in the hook I? by springing the yoke aterally. the yoke 19 being limber enough to admit lateral movement for said engagement and disengagement.

In Fig. 7 is shown that the yoke 19 may have an overlapped joint 32, making it automatirally adjustable by simply spreading it when a hat is of extra large size. For ordinary and small hats the normal size of the yoke is supposed to be all right.

\\ hat I i-laim is:

l. A but holding derive eomplis in" a frame seeulable to a fixed object, a llat supporting device mounted on the frame and comprising a spring pressed swingable yoke attached atone end to the frame and adapted to embrace loosely the crown or body of the hat and press the brim of the hat gently against the objet-t holding the frame, said swingable yoke being adjustable as to its width by having its swingable end formed with a slidable joint.

2. The combination with a bow or similar frame strip of a canvas-covered vehicle top, of a plate adapted to be inserted between the bow and the canvas, said plate ha ring hook-shaped ends projecting beyond the opposite yoke having longitudinal bars-adapted to be sprung into said hooks and thereby hold the ends of the yoke firmly against the strip, and-a hat supporting device secured to said yoke.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WAL'LER LSAN DS.

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